Top Document: soc.culture.jewish FAQ: Torah and Halachic Authority (3/12) Previous Document: Question 3.13: What is the relationship between the Tosefta and the Mishna? Next Document: Question 3.15: What is the Talmud? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Answer: The term 'gemara' means addition; The gemara is an addition to the Mishna. Interestingly, although there is only one Mishna, there are two gemaras, each developed by many rabbis over a few centuries. One gemara was developed in Israel, and is called the Yerushalmi; the other was developed in Babylonia, and is called the Bavli. You never find the gemara printed by itself. It is always printed along with the Mishna. When you have the Babylonian gemara and the Mishna printed together, it is called Talmud Bavli (The Babylonian Talmud). When you have the Israeli gemara and the Mishna printed together, it is called Talmud Yerushalmi (or the Jerusalem Talmud, or the Palestinian Talmud, or the Talmud of the Land of Israel.) Keep in mind that the gemaras do not stick closely to the text, but offer a huge amount of additional material which is only loosely connected to the Mishna. They supplement the Mishna with haggadic materials and biblical expositions, and are a source for history and legend. User Contributions:Top Document: soc.culture.jewish FAQ: Torah and Halachic Authority (3/12) Previous Document: Question 3.13: What is the relationship between the Tosefta and the Mishna? Next Document: Question 3.15: What is the Talmud? Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: SCJ FAQ Maintainer <maintainer@scjfaq.org>
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